This day in history
Issue date: 4/30/08 Section: News
1789 George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States.
1803 The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million.
1812 Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union.
1948 The charter of the Organization of American States was signed in Bogota, Colombia.
1958 The American Association of Retired Persons (later simply AARP) was founded in Washington, D.C., by Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus.
1968 Britain's Life Peerages Act 1958 allowed women to become members of the House of Lords.
1970 President Nixon announced the U.S. was sending troops into Cambodia, an action that sparked widespread protest.
1973 President Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, along with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean.
1988 Gen. Manuel Noriega, waving a machete, vowed at a rally to keep fighting U.S. efforts to oust him as Panama's military ruler.
1998 United and Delta airlines formed an alliance that would control one-third of all U.S. passenger seats.
2003 A British judge sentenced five al-Qaida-linked men, all British citizens, to life in prison for plotting to attack London targets, including a nightclub, power plants and shopping mall, with bombs.
Today's Birthdays: Actress Cloris Leachman is 82. Singer Willie Nelson is 75. Actor Gary Collins is 70. Actor Burt Young is 68. Singer Bobby Vee is 65. Actress Jill Clayburgh is 64. Movie director Allan Arkush is 60. Actor Perry King is 60. Singer Merrill Osmond is 55. Movie director Jane Campion is 54. Actor Paul Gross is 49. Basketball coach Isiah Thomas is 47. Country musician Robert Reynolds (The Mavericks) is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees) is 35. Actor Johnny Galecki is 33. Singer-musician Cole Deggs (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 32. Rapper Lloyd Banks is 26. Actress Kirsten Dunst is 26.
-compiled by The Associated Press
1803 The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million.
1812 Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union.
1948 The charter of the Organization of American States was signed in Bogota, Colombia.
1958 The American Association of Retired Persons (later simply AARP) was founded in Washington, D.C., by Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus.
1968 Britain's Life Peerages Act 1958 allowed women to become members of the House of Lords.
1970 President Nixon announced the U.S. was sending troops into Cambodia, an action that sparked widespread protest.
1973 President Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, along with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean.
1988 Gen. Manuel Noriega, waving a machete, vowed at a rally to keep fighting U.S. efforts to oust him as Panama's military ruler.
1998 United and Delta airlines formed an alliance that would control one-third of all U.S. passenger seats.
2003 A British judge sentenced five al-Qaida-linked men, all British citizens, to life in prison for plotting to attack London targets, including a nightclub, power plants and shopping mall, with bombs.
Today's Birthdays: Actress Cloris Leachman is 82. Singer Willie Nelson is 75. Actor Gary Collins is 70. Actor Burt Young is 68. Singer Bobby Vee is 65. Actress Jill Clayburgh is 64. Movie director Allan Arkush is 60. Actor Perry King is 60. Singer Merrill Osmond is 55. Movie director Jane Campion is 54. Actor Paul Gross is 49. Basketball coach Isiah Thomas is 47. Country musician Robert Reynolds (The Mavericks) is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees) is 35. Actor Johnny Galecki is 33. Singer-musician Cole Deggs (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 32. Rapper Lloyd Banks is 26. Actress Kirsten Dunst is 26.
-compiled by The Associated Press
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